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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence Georgia’s 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist As ghosts and goblins prepare to hit the streets for Halloween, some might find the weekend and Monday forecast just as spooky. While most of the country should be pretty fright-free, there will be some pockets of slightly scary skies. Rain impacts the Gulf and Pacific Northwest Saturday will be
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on Wednesday. The powerful space observatory is capable of detecting the faint light of incredibly distant galaxies as they glow in infrared light, a wavelength that is invisible to the human
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on Wednesday. The powerful space observatory is capable of detecting the faint light of incredibly distant galaxies as they glow in infrared light, a wavelength that is invisible to the
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Russia’s military are staging separate nuclear exercises. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday remotely monitored the drills of his strategic nuclear forces, which involved multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles. The exercise simulated a “massive nuclear strike” retaliating for a nuclear attack
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish filets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie pleaded not guilty to cheating and other charges on Wednesday. Jacob Runyan, 42, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, 35, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, made no comments during their brief court
Continue Reading By KEN MILLER Associated Press At a cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, work is underway to remove bodies from their graves for a second time in an effort to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Historians say the white mob violence that targeted Black Americans in 1921 left between 75 and 300 people dead. Work
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With time running out before the election, President Joe Biden highlighted his administration’s push to crack down on so-called junk fees that banks and other companies charge their customers. The announcement comes after months of high inflation has eaten away at Americans’ savings and made
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Maegan Vazquez, Matt Egan and Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a crackdown on so-called junk fees, including new steps that effectively ban banks from issuing surprise overdraft fees and depositor fees on bounced checks. His speech announcing the new actions also highlighted his administration’s efforts to provide more
Continue ReadingCNN, FII INSTITUTE, CONFERENCE BOARD By Betsy Klein, Maegan Vazquez, Matt Egan and Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a crackdown on so-called junk fees, including new steps that effectively ban banks from issuing surprise overdraft fees and depositor fees on bounced checks. His speech announcing the new actions also highlighted his
Continue Reading CNN, KMOV, KSDK By Holly Yan, CNN To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs — and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN The federal government saw a spike in complaints from angry airline passengers in August, the last full month of a summer marked by flight cancellations and delays. In just-released data, the Department of Transportation says it received more than 7,000 complaints from flyers, a 6% increase compared with July and a
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Swarms of honeybees can generate as much electrical charge as a thunderstorm, new research shows. In a study published in the journal iScience on Monday, researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom discovered this phenomenon by chance. Biologist Ellard Hunting, first author on the study, told CNN that
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BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday. Chakrapong “Anne” Chakrajutathib, who controls JKN Global Group Public Co. Ltd., is a celebrity in Thailand who has starred in reality shows and is outspoken about being a transgender woman. She helped
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday. Chakrapong “Anne” Chakrajutathib, who controls JKN Global Group Public Co. Ltd., is a celebrity in Thailand who has starred in reality shows and is outspoken about being a transgender woman. She helped
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — On Sunday, Brazilians choose between a future of conservative values under a far-right leader or the hope of returning to a prosperous past presided over by a leftist. In the fiercely polarized country, many are simply voting against the candidate they despise.
Continue ReadingBy Tracye Hutchins Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Access to an obstetrician is a huge factor across south and north Georgia. Pediatrix Medical Group is helping close that gap with a new maternity care virtual program by Northside Women’s Specialists. Atlanta News First met up with the mother of
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” at the Shahcheragh Shrine in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran, according to state-run media and Iranian officials. Two children were among the victims, according to state-run Press TV. Iranian security forces
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens’ visceral biblical scene of Salome with the beheaded Saint John the Baptist, believed to have been lost for over two centuries, is among 10 Baroque-era artworks going on sale at a New York auction in January. The painting, which Rubens made around 1609, was misattributed for 220
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The iPhone will support USB-C charging in the European Union to comply with a new ruling that mandates electronic devices have a common charging standard, an Apple executive said Tuesday night. “Obviously we will have to comply,” Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said at the
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